Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
The 3 Estate Tax Bills On The Table
By Arthur D. PostalThere are currently three main bills in Congress dealing with estate tax reform
September 07, 2009
The Key Is To Diversify Individual Life SalesHistorically, the economy has had little impact on individual life insurance sales. Good or bad, individual life insurance sales have fared pretty evenly
September 07, 2009
A Good Time To Bone Up On Nonforfeiture, Other Policy FeaturesEspecially in this "new economy," life insurance professionals need to be very familiar with nonforfeiture benefits and other policyholder-friendly features of life insurance products
September 07, 2009
The Question Of A Lifetime: "Got Life?"This is a tough market. These are challenging times in which to sell, build, run or promote anything--no matter who you are
September 07, 2009
Why Do We Always Seem To Buy High And Sell Low?Whether it is life insurance or investments, our clients always want what may be working now rather than keeping their focus on the future. It's called the fear versus greed curve
September 06, 2009
Income Term Insurance: It Pays Out Over TimeA few insurance companies are developing term life insurance products that will make periodic death benefit payments to the beneficiary upon death of the insured. At least two carriers already offer it
September 06, 2009
Is The Industry Selling The Right Term Products?Why is term insurance so inexpensive even with the recent rate increases by many carriers? Because only in rare cases does the death benefit ever pay out